Re: [OSM-talk] Long Ways and API 0.6 - multirelations

2009-02-09 Thread marcus.wolschon
On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:54:52 +0100, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: I don't think Dave was thinking of anything more than two different relations (partly) using the same ways. That would not warrant any special kind of relation. For situations in which you want relations contained

Re: [OSM-talk] Long Ways and API 0.6 - multirelations

2009-02-09 Thread Dave Stubbs
2009/2/9 Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org: Hi, marcus.wolsc...@googlemail.com wrote: You need the route relation so you can represent easily both a local and international route over the same ways, but it's no big deal if you have to split the 420km international route into three sections.

Re: [OSM-talk] Long Ways and API 0.6 - multirelations

2009-02-09 Thread Dirk-Lüder Kreie
Frederik Ramm schrieb: I don't think Dave was thinking of anything more than two different relations (partly) using the same ways. That would not warrant any special kind of relation. For situations in which you want relations contained in relations - e.g. in a situation where a

Re: [OSM-talk] Long Ways and API 0.6 - multirelations

2009-02-09 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Dave Stubbs wrote: The main problem there is that you lose the super relation if it's just made of sub relations. You can use the relation/id/relations request to find out about the relations containing another relation, so they are not lost... It might be a problem for people parsing

Re: [OSM-talk] Long Ways and API 0.6 - multirelations

2009-02-08 Thread marcus.wolschon
On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 22:24:47 +, Dave Stubbs osm.l...@randomjunk.co.uk wrote: Umm.. yes. You've managed to get the complete wrong end of the stick :-) I was saying that's what relations are there for. You need the route relation so you can represent easily both a local and international

Re: [OSM-talk] Long Ways and API 0.6 - multirelations

2009-02-08 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, marcus.wolsc...@googlemail.com wrote: You need the route relation so you can represent easily both a local and international route over the same ways, but it's no big deal if you have to split the 420km international route into three sections. Do you have a wiki-page that defines how